The mystical power of ancient Belief struggles to reclaim a world threatened by the new and equally powerful Science, while Happenstance and Prophecy manifest, and deliberate Ignorance threatens all. The Chronicles of Quat trilogy continues as Tad is carried to the Unknown Lands in the north by strange men with even stranger abilities where certain death awaits. Etan must keep a secret from Alastar, even as the man seems to have a sinister ability to force people to do his will. Rynn's captivity on the Isle of Quat reveals the largest threat the world faces-something even Alastar fears.Some will fail. Some will fall. But all will strive. And in the end, perhaps, the Gryphon will ride upon the wind.